Life

Peter Roumeliotis was born in 1929 in Ichalia, Messinia in southwestern Peloponnese. After completing his theological education, he was ordained a deacon and given the name Damaskinos in 1951. He was ordained a priest in 1958. After Fr. Damaskinos' election as a bishop in 1974, he was consecrated and enthroned metropolitan of Maroneia and Komotene on May 30, 1974.